Officials: Suspect killed after attacking deputy with oar
FRUITLAND PARK, Fla. (AP) – A Florida deputy sheriff shot and killed a suspect who authorities say beat the deputy with an oar in a lake.
Lake County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Fred Jones tells local news outlets that deputies responded Tuesday night to a hit-and-run incident in which the suspect crashed into a store and then another vehicle.
The suspect ran and ended up in a lake in Fruitland Park. Jones says that when deputies caught up, the suspect began to strike a deputy with an oar.
Jones says the deputy, who was in chest-deep water, used a stun gun on the suspect. He says the suspect again tried to hit the deputy in the head with the oar, which is when the deputy shot him.
The suspect was pronounced dead at the scene. No further information has been released.
Here's what it looks like outside the #FruitlandPark gas station where a suspect crashed & tried to carjack someone last night. @WESH pic.twitter.com/Chj09GNHpA
— Hadas Brown (@HadasBrownWESH) December 7, 2016
Lake County deputies shoot & kill a suspect in Fruitland Park. I'll explain how everything unraveled #fox35 pic.twitter.com/PrCKOjoEME
— Jackie Orozco (@ReporterJackie) December 7, 2016
Damage left behind from suspect who crashed car into fruitland park store then was killed by a Lake Co. Deputy pic.twitter.com/3fogTWCbiE
— Christina Jensen (@CJensenNews13) December 7, 2016
BREAKING: Reports of a shooting in #FruitlandPark. Skywitness 9 ia at the scene. Updates to come. pic.twitter.com/EwmcjSrZe3
— WFTV Eyewitness News (@WFTV) December 6, 2016
This story was originally published December 7, 2016 at 8:07 AM with the headline "Officials: Suspect killed after attacking deputy with oar."